Story Collider
Earlier this year, I participated in The Story Collider – live, story telling featuring true, personal stories about science. The story I told was about how my road to recovery after open-heart surgery has been less like a detour and more like an
Story Collider
Earlier this year, I participated in The Story Collider – live, story telling featuring true, personal stories about science. The story I told was about how my road to recovery after open-heart surgery has been less like a detour and more like an
Radio Love Fest
TL;DR – My heart and I were featured on Radiolab. My heartbeat still drives me nuts. (This is an uber belated post as this took place last May, in 2015, but that’s how my life is right now. C’est la
Radio Love Fest
TL;DR – My heart and I were featured on Radiolab. My heartbeat still drives me nuts. (This is an uber belated post as this took place last May, in 2015, but that’s how my life is right now. C’est la
I Heart Hubble
The more progress I make, the more my heart has the power to surprise me when it decides to take back the wheel. I’ll be the first to admit that a year ago, I was a hot mess: paralyzed by
I Heart Hubble
The more progress I make, the more my heart has the power to surprise me when it decides to take back the wheel. I’ll be the first to admit that a year ago, I was a hot mess: paralyzed by
Heart Wars Trilogy Interlude: All the feels
I touched briefly on PTSD in Part 2, but I didn’t really do much to communicate what that physically feels like (tl;dr – it’s suffocating). It started off slow at first, a hint of emotional discomfort every now and then,
Heart Wars Trilogy Interlude: All the feels
I touched briefly on PTSD in Part 2, but I didn’t really do much to communicate what that physically feels like (tl;dr – it’s suffocating). It started off slow at first, a hint of emotional discomfort every now and then,
Heart Wars Trilogy Part 2: Trauma Drama
I think there is a big misconception about how fast “young people” heal from a surgery like this. There’s healing and then there’s HEALING. On one hand, being young and strong and in good health (with one obvious exception) means
Heart Wars Trilogy Part 2: Trauma Drama
I think there is a big misconception about how fast “young people” heal from a surgery like this. There’s healing and then there’s HEALING. On one hand, being young and strong and in good health (with one obvious exception) means
Heart Wars Trilogy Part 1: The Bionic Heartbeat
Many of you have probably heard me refer to my post-surgery heartbeat as “bionic“. While I don’t, in fact, have any bionic parts, I stand by my description because the strength of the beat is just so frickin’ strong that
Heart Wars Trilogy Part 1: The Bionic Heartbeat
Many of you have probably heard me refer to my post-surgery heartbeat as “bionic“. While I don’t, in fact, have any bionic parts, I stand by my description because the strength of the beat is just so frickin’ strong that
Change of Heart
A lot has changed since my last blog post in January, some for the better, but some not so much. I’m finally in a place where I feel like I can write about it to let you all know
Change of Heart
A lot has changed since my last blog post in January, some for the better, but some not so much. I’m finally in a place where I feel like I can write about it to let you all know
Defective heart girl solutions
Today marks 549 days or 18 months or 1.5 years since my surgery. To my brain that sounds simultaneously like a lot of time and no time at all. To my body though, it feels a lifetime ago. I pretty
Defective heart girl solutions
Today marks 549 days or 18 months or 1.5 years since my surgery. To my brain that sounds simultaneously like a lot of time and no time at all. To my body though, it feels a lifetime ago. I pretty
They tried to make me go to rehab…
And I said: yes, yes, YES! Apologies for the LOOOOOONG silence on my end. It isn’t that I haven’t had anything to say, but rather I’ve been having trouble balancing my creative/communicative self with my work responsibilities. And on top
They tried to make me go to rehab…
And I said: yes, yes, YES! Apologies for the LOOOOOONG silence on my end. It isn’t that I haven’t had anything to say, but rather I’ve been having trouble balancing my creative/communicative self with my work responsibilities. And on top
Post-op update: Total recall
SPOILER ALERT: Arnold Schwartzenegger does not make an appearance in this post, except for where he just did. Apologies for the long silence on my end. It seems the healing process is asymptotic and as my recovery began to plateau,
Post-op update: Total recall
SPOILER ALERT: Arnold Schwartzenegger does not make an appearance in this post, except for where he just did. Apologies for the long silence on my end. It seems the healing process is asymptotic and as my recovery began to plateau,
Defective Heart Girl Problems 